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YIPIRINYA SCHOOL

YEPERENYE YEYE AKWEKWE

Next Friday 25th June, we will have special guests visiting

Yipirinya School from the Melbourne Football Club. Many

exciting things are happening at school and we always look

forward to welcoming families and friends that would like to

come and sit in on the classes and activities. It has been a

great week here at Yipirinya School. Thank you to all the

families for preparing your children and sending them to

school. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday all students

in Years 3, 5, 7, and 9 were tested in The National

Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is

an annual national assessment. All students in these year

levels are expected to participate in tests in reading,

writing, language conventions (spelling, grammar and

punctuation) and numeracy. I want to thank the teachers

for preparing the students and congratulate all those

students who came to school and did their very best.

Ulla Hansson

We are preparing for our Family Day on

Thursday 28th June our Theme for the day will

be celebrating NAIDOC and I look forward to

meeting all the families and enjoying a great day.

This week the Year 1 and 2 classes went

on an excursion with the Language

Teachers from the Yipirinya School

Language and Cultural Centre. The

students enjoyed finding different bush

medicine and bush tucker. They found

all sorts of things like alangkwe bush

banana, arrerthe thats used as medicine

for rubbing on the chest and bathing,

Needle bush shell to use for painting,

which the students will do back in the

class room. They also found atnurrenge

which is a very important plant used for

lots of different purposes like welcoming

ceremonies, cleansing the bodies spirit,

smoking houses after someone has

passed on. Most people know it as the

emu bush or the scientific name is

eremophila. The emu bush is also great

as a sealant and antiseptic for sores.

NEWS FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

Image above: Staff member Terri Miller

showing students collected bush medicine

Image to the right: Staff members Jackie

Silverton, Kumalie Riley, Wade Johansen

with students finding medicine plants.

FRIDAY 18th MAY 2018, Volume 2, Issue 4

Lovegrove Drive,

PO Box 2363 Alice Springs

reception@yipirinya.com.au

Phone: (08) 8952 5633

Fax: (08) 8952 3541

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CLASS AWARDS

100% ATTENDANCE Wk 4

Transition:

Dominic Lechleitner, Orlando Murphy

Year 1:

Marika Davis

Year 2:

Marilyn Collins

Year 4:

Leandra Forrest, Henrisha Kunoth, Adrian

Nelson, Ronald Squire, Rosina Ryder, Lyndell

Thompson,

Year 5:

Izaak Haines, Alexis Turner, Shaquille

Turner, Dreqwann Wiseman

Year 6:

Sylvanna Davis

Secondary:

Sammaeus Brown, James Nelson, Karina

Penhall, Jamahal Ebatarinja

LUCKY DOOR PRIZE Rosina Ryder won and choose

bubbles for her prize

Year 3:

The following students are rewarded for

working hard in the NAPLAN test this week:

Rahima Namatjira, Valmay Wayne, Gloria

Lewis, Deniera Wayne, Kiniffa Egan, Kaylis

Kingsley, Erica Hayes, Ian Anderson, Noah

Sandy, Ishlanhi Palmer

Year 4:

Dwyer Charles and Tyler Palmer for trying

their best during NAPLAN this week.

AWARDS Welcome to Year 3 (Lapaji) class

We have had a busy time in the classroom. We are

learning all about numbers and how to add 1, add

10, take-away 1, take-away 10. It has been very

challenging but we have tried our best.

In History this week we have been learning about

Dreaming Stories and Miss Annie came in to our

class and shared a story with us. We then had to

paint a class picture to demonstrate our knowledge

of the story.

Also, we have taken part in the NAPLAN testing.

I am pleased as the classroom teacher that the

students that were here did their very best work.

So, as a reward along with Year 5 and Miss

Meredith we took the class down to Araluen Park

for a well-deserved outing.

Thank you for reading our class letter of the

week.

Year 3, Deborah Young and Lachlan Sharpe

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Celebrating 40 YEARS looking back

HAROLD FURBER is

a current member of the

Yipirinya School Council and

a former staff member.

Below is a photo of Harold

Furber (below right) and

KEVIN BUZZACOTT at

the 15th Anniversary of

Yipirinya School. The photo was

taken in 1993. Kevin once was a

school Bus Driver who later

became the Yipirinya School

Director in 1992 and 1993.

The name Yipirinya comes

from the local caterpillar

dreaming story. The dreaming

word in Arrernte is Altyerre

and Jukurrpa in Warlpiri,

Pitjantjatjarra, Luritja and

other language groups.

T.STEVENS, who was

one of the founding members

of the School, once said that,

“E.RUBUNTJA came up

with the name for Yipirinya

School when talks started

happening to build our own

school for our Aboriginal

children to feel comfortable

at. The name came up when

we were having Tangentyere

set up in 1978. Through this

it began to spread out into

the town camps just to get

started.” Information taken

from Yip. school newsletter 1988.

JENNIFER INKAMALA is

the longest serving staff member at

Yipirinya School. The above photo

shows Jennifer working in class with

Students in 1992. Jennifer started

working for Yipirinya back in the

mid 1980’s when the School was

located at Tangentyere Council.

Today Jennifer is the Western

Aranda Language Teacher who is

very dedicated to her work and the

School. We appreciate the great

knowledge Jennifer shares in

educate our students.

HOW DID YIPIRINYA GET IT’S NAME?

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Tuesday 22 May

Congress

nurse visiting

9am to 12:30pm

Monday and Friday

Whole school

Walk and tallk

8:50 am

Friday 25 May

Melbourne Football

Club visit

2—3pm

Friday 25 May

School Assembly

in the Library

12pm to 12:25pm

Wednesday 24 May

Bluearth in Hall

Transition Class

11:45am to 12:30pm

If you would like to add an article in the School newsletter, email to colleen.powell@ntschools.net

Kids love to jump - skipping, off the

couch, the tables or playground, from

one object to another. Jumping is

great for our health - many of us will

remember jump rope for heart back in

the 80s. Jumping uses our gross motor

skills and its so important our kids are

taught to land safely. Landing on both

feet and using arms to balance is a

skill. Take the kids out to play this

week and join in finding objects to

jump off or jump over. Ask your

littlies to pretend they’re frogs,

kangaroos and leaping lizards and

challenge their imagination at the

same time. Dont forget to have a

movement snack break from your desk!

Katie Bromley

Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be a Learner

Important Message about

being home for your

children after school

Families, if you know you are not going to be

home when your children are being dropped

off after school in the afternoon, please

call the School on 8952 5633 as soon as

possible or at least before 3pm.

Friday 25 May

Sorry Day

Community Event

Jim McConville Oval

Milner Road 11-2pm